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Bladder lithiasis is a frequent complication in paraplegics and tetraplegics. We report on a patient where treatment of a urinary infection with antibacterial sulfamides was the causative factor in the formation of bladder stones.
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Rince, M., Dudognon, P., Moesch, C. et al. Urinary lithiasis induced by sulfamethoxazole in a patient with tetraplegia. Case report. Spinal Cord 30, 750–751 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1992.144
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